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Originally Posted by Vallen Chaos Valiant
That's not how it works at all. Landmass has nothing to do with ocean territories. What matters is surface area extending from the landmass. That's why many island nations have more oceans than land. Your entire argument just doesn't make sense.
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Than this entire thing with dispute is nonsensical as countries can claim only 22 or so km of sea before international waters kick in ( waters that belong to noone ). That is why they are using islands.
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Why should China suddenly extend its claim down INTO the middle of other lands?
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Wrong - those SEA lands belong to noone, so just like Antarctica and surface of the Moon they are ripe for the taking.
And with China building enough islands she is basically cementing that claim. No wonder everyone are agaisnt it.
Why should they claim? Going by territory alone they are the biggest and should take the largest percentage of the sea.
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Yes, Vietnam is long and thin, it means they have a long beach. That's just geography. Nowhere is there a rule saying your ocean territory has to be a fixed proportion of your landmass. If that is the case then Russia would have a damn HUGE oceanic claim. Be careful of what you are saying.
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In that case I totally support this, entire Arctic and 1/4 of Pacific should belong to Russia anyway.